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provides to pakistan? >> i think we are in a situation where we have to engage the pakistanis in a level we haven't done before. we have tolerated a lot of bad behavior on the part of pakistan, particularly in the area of waziristan. and we have not done what president bush said, saying you are with us or against us. we need to engage the pakistanis and say, look, we are fighting a critical battle for the country. you are either going to side with the united states or we are going to deliver ultimatums, such as you won't have the aid that we provided. we need strong leadership. we don't need as the president's adviser said, leading from behind. we need in a dangerous time for our security, a president out there, in front, saying to the pakistanis, you cooperate with us in afghanistan or there will be consequences and one of the consequences should be aid. pakistan is a nuclear-armed country. the leaders are concerned about terror iferts taking them over. house speaker boehner said this is no time to back a
provides to pakistan? >> i think we are in a situation where we have to engage the pakistanis in a level we haven't done before. we have tolerated a lot of bad behavior on the part of pakistan, particularly in the area of waziristan. and we have not done what president bush said, saying you are with us or against us. we need to engage the pakistanis and say, look, we are fighting a critical battle for the country. you are either going to side with the united states or we are going to...
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pakistan is a difficult, and reliable ally. we see it a rock-solid and -- pakistan is a difficult, unreliable ally. >> one of our viewers is saying we cannot afford to keep karzai , especially with u.s. soldiers still dying. tell him he gets only 1 billion and no u.s. soldiers died. the point about how much this is costing us, a significant cost to taxpayers in afghanistan. >> i would not expect congress to cut any of the money that is seen as the key for soldiers on the ground. i think areas that could be targeted for cuts in afghanistan would be our support of the afghan national security forces, which could be 5 billion per month into the future. also our support for reconstruction and development in afghanistan, which has been a big part of the obama administration strategy there. the united states has spent $50 billion restructuring agreed to reconstructing afghanistan. -- has spent $50 billion reconstructing afghanistan. we have spent millions getting girls to school. >> if you look at a map, where is the country most uns
pakistan is a difficult, and reliable ally. we see it a rock-solid and -- pakistan is a difficult, unreliable ally. >> one of our viewers is saying we cannot afford to keep karzai , especially with u.s. soldiers still dying. tell him he gets only 1 billion and no u.s. soldiers died. the point about how much this is costing us, a significant cost to taxpayers in afghanistan. >> i would not expect congress to cut any of the money that is seen as the key for soldiers on the ground. i...
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pakistan says he was a spy. pakistan police arrested him last month arrest investigators say he shot two in a what he described as a robbery attempt and he says he fired in self defense and a bystander died after a car hit him while trying to rush to david's side. pakistani authorities release, have said this adoubt him. it wasn't self defense, he shot one guy twice in the back as he was running away. and pakistani authorities have released video of the interrogation, and this case is now a major diplomatic issue for the white house and the state department is calling for his immediate release. our national security correspondent is at the pentagon. what else do we know about davis and his job? >>reporter: not only was he working for the c.i.a. but he used to work for blackwater as a security contractor. he was contracted in pakistan to provide security for u.s. consulate officials and not, as one put to me, an al qaeda killer but there are reports out there that he was taking pictures of pakistani military faci
pakistan says he was a spy. pakistan police arrested him last month arrest investigators say he shot two in a what he described as a robbery attempt and he says he fired in self defense and a bystander died after a car hit him while trying to rush to david's side. pakistani authorities release, have said this adoubt him. it wasn't self defense, he shot one guy twice in the back as he was running away. and pakistani authorities have released video of the interrogation, and this case is now a...
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aid going to pakistan? i know there is a lot of outrage that the united states spent $20 billion in aid to pakistan but doesn't seem like we've got our investment back, a return. >> some of that is military reimbursements and it's supposed to be for counterterrorism activity. literally the pakistanis would send a bill to the pentagon which somebody who have to go review for their activities in crunt terrorism. well, since they have been very reluctant to go into some of the areas that the u.s. has been most concerned about, a lot of people in congress are asking why are we paying this bill? gwen: are serious people asking that? >> some very serious people are asking that. john kerry, while he has not advocated cutting it, has raised the point that many of his colleagues have been advocating cutting it. not just people driving by. gwen: you know we have been obsessed, focused like a laser beam as they say, on what's been happening in south asia and northern africa and the middle east especially in the last c
aid going to pakistan? i know there is a lot of outrage that the united states spent $20 billion in aid to pakistan but doesn't seem like we've got our investment back, a return. >> some of that is military reimbursements and it's supposed to be for counterterrorism activity. literally the pakistanis would send a bill to the pentagon which somebody who have to go review for their activities in crunt terrorism. well, since they have been very reluctant to go into some of the areas that the...
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it is difficult to aid the military of pakistan in the fight against terror. >> pakistan has been helpful in the past. it should come as no surprise to anyone to say that they have shared information in the past that may have ultimately led to osama bin laden's whereabouts. i cannot say that i could dispute that. the problem has come with the fact that, if they knew he was there and if they did not pass along that little tidbit of information, that is a huge problem. again, they have on-again and off-again. they have been helpful. some detainee's that they take into custody, we get into -- some detainees that they take into custody, we get access to and some not. i hope we look at this -- we will go back and do the forensics on all of this. that will happen. how does this happen? that we have a full and complete picture. but i hope to do not spend a lot of time on a particular portion. this is the time for pakistan and the united states to say, all right, done deal. osama belated is gone. we have lots and lots of work to do -- osama bin laden is gone. we have lots and lots of work to do.
it is difficult to aid the military of pakistan in the fight against terror. >> pakistan has been helpful in the past. it should come as no surprise to anyone to say that they have shared information in the past that may have ultimately led to osama bin laden's whereabouts. i cannot say that i could dispute that. the problem has come with the fact that, if they knew he was there and if they did not pass along that little tidbit of information, that is a huge problem. again, they have...
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claims that he took millions of dollars from pakistan to influence american lawmakers. >> this is 62-year-old syed ghulam nabi fai in a video posted on his web page, speaking out about the political situation in kashmir. he is the head of a nonprofit organization headquartered in downtown d.c. called the kashmir center. in court documents released today, the u.s. government alleges the kashmir center was a front for the pakastani government to buy influence among american lawmakers. fai and co-defendant zaheer ahmad received payments to lobby, cris -- to lobby congress. fbi agents spent the day in his home searching for more evidence. neighbors were shocked to hear the quiet man who lived in this house is at the center of an international influence-peddling case. this woman asked that we not show her face. >> old people, young people coming in and out? >> yes, many cars. >> meanwhile, he made his first appearance in court this afternoon. the already deteriorating relationship between the united states and pakistan became even more tense. the pakistan agency released a statement saying
claims that he took millions of dollars from pakistan to influence american lawmakers. >> this is 62-year-old syed ghulam nabi fai in a video posted on his web page, speaking out about the political situation in kashmir. he is the head of a nonprofit organization headquartered in downtown d.c. called the kashmir center. in court documents released today, the u.s. government alleges the kashmir center was a front for the pakastani government to buy influence among american lawmakers. fai...
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the united states is not beloved in pakistan. and so turning over bin laden would not be an easy decision for the pakistani security establishment to make. which is why, of course, we didn't tell them that we were going in. because we, we were worried that the whole, they'd give up the game. >> a reminder to our audience, we're talking with best-selling author richard north patterson about his novel, "the devil's light." there's a question from the audience about whether you knew obama was going to run when you wrote that book. >> no, i didn't. but i had a very interesting experience, and, in fact, i'll tell a story on myself which is why i'm not in the political consulting business. [laughter] in 2004 my wife nancy and i were at the democratic convention in boston because i was doing research for the race. and obama had just given his electrifying convention speech, and his name was on everyone's lips. and i ran into someone i knew and who was with the obama campaign, and he said you want to meet barack obama? barack obama would
the united states is not beloved in pakistan. and so turning over bin laden would not be an easy decision for the pakistani security establishment to make. which is why, of course, we didn't tell them that we were going in. because we, we were worried that the whole, they'd give up the game. >> a reminder to our audience, we're talking with best-selling author richard north patterson about his novel, "the devil's light." there's a question from the audience about whether you...
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what are we going to do moving forward with the state of pakistan and afghanistan? july 2011, he has got to acknowledge that. is it a real drawdown date? is it not? we have general petraeus today writing a letter to the troops saying 2011 will be a tough year. there is still incredible concern about the afghan police and their ability to take over for us. very interesting, i just quickly want to say three republican members who are opposed at the continued effort in afghanistan, walter jones of north carolina, and ron paul of texas and jimmy duncan of tennessee are reaching out to freshman republicans who expressed similar skepticism over the war this is going to be interesting. by the end of the year if there is an unholy alliance between the libertarian tea party backed republicans and liberal osposed to the bar. who don't see -- liberals opposed to the war. if they don't see a clear end in sight it could be an issue. >> bret: administration officials say pakistan and yemen are real concerns. >> they are real concerns and i hope he speaks to them both. look, the j
what are we going to do moving forward with the state of pakistan and afghanistan? july 2011, he has got to acknowledge that. is it a real drawdown date? is it not? we have general petraeus today writing a letter to the troops saying 2011 will be a tough year. there is still incredible concern about the afghan police and their ability to take over for us. very interesting, i just quickly want to say three republican members who are opposed at the continued effort in afghanistan, walter jones of...
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pakistan is a mess. let them kill each other forever, as far as i am concerned, as long as they are not killing us. i would restrict the mission to -- are you telling me there is a threat such as used to exist when mullah omar was living there and planning things? i would leave the rest of it being a mess. >> if and if you go down to where there are 20,000 u.s. forces, if the cost of doing business in afghanistan is greater than the pontotoc, they will not seek to come back in significant numbers -- greater than the fatah. >> let me register my disagreements with some of what bing said. the size of american investments, the amount of money we have spent has had a distorting effect on every aspect of the afghan political economy. should be our goal to reduce the size of our presence in troops and the distorting effect we have on the political economy, but to do it in a responsible way. it would be unwise to have a policy goal of inducing a civil war. afghans deserve better than that from us and so do all
pakistan is a mess. let them kill each other forever, as far as i am concerned, as long as they are not killing us. i would restrict the mission to -- are you telling me there is a threat such as used to exist when mullah omar was living there and planning things? i would leave the rest of it being a mess. >> if and if you go down to where there are 20,000 u.s. forces, if the cost of doing business in afghanistan is greater than the pontotoc, they will not seek to come back in significant...
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pakistan is a proud nation. we are united to uphold the national dignity to say guard our supreme national interest by all means no other nation. has that so many challenges. no other people has been put to so many tests by history and by circumstancesour nation has met all these challenges with supreme confidence, which is borne out of our firm belief in the noble injunctions of our glorious religion islam, our societal traditions. ever since our independence, pakistan stood up for our values which are also universal: freedom, dignity, equality, tolerance, humanity, harmony and brotherhood. hasstan's foreign policy always reflected our national ethos which, undoubtedly, transcends considerations of narrow interests or politics of expediency. pakistan is not only a state but an idea and an ideal that our courageous and talented people strive, in their daily lives, to translate into reality. our democratic and pluralistic polity as epitomized by this august house, state institutions, free press, open and intense
pakistan is a proud nation. we are united to uphold the national dignity to say guard our supreme national interest by all means no other nation. has that so many challenges. no other people has been put to so many tests by history and by circumstancesour nation has met all these challenges with supreme confidence, which is borne out of our firm belief in the noble injunctions of our glorious religion islam, our societal traditions. ever since our independence, pakistan stood up for our values...
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what happens in pakistan, and i have a lot of friends there. what happens in pakistan is very hard to explain in a rational logical sense because the conclusion that i draw, are this is a country that is hell bent on self destruction. given the fact -- >> charlie: hell bent on self destruction. >> i'm not taking advantage of -- let me put it another way. i'm not taking advantages of many opportunities that we and others have presented to them that would dramatically transform and help transform their society and move it forward in a more peaceful way not only in internal conflicts but external. >> charlie: part of the conventional wisdom is isi maintained relationship with the network because they want to have a player in afghanistan if things go bad. >> well ... >> charlie: they do things that are not in our interest. >> think that that is absolutely correct. but i will go a stepurther and say that the isi is not independently of the general. >> charlie: so therefore the buck stops with him. >> for rose that they suld explain perhaps at some p
what happens in pakistan, and i have a lot of friends there. what happens in pakistan is very hard to explain in a rational logical sense because the conclusion that i draw, are this is a country that is hell bent on self destruction. given the fact -- >> charlie: hell bent on self destruction. >> i'm not taking advantage of -- let me put it another way. i'm not taking advantages of many opportunities that we and others have presented to them that would dramatically transform and...
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is involved in afghanistan for example or drone strike which strikes in pakistan for example those don't go as criticize there is as much popular outrage over that do you think that that allows these us wars to be progressed more with less of a response at home. in some way so it was you would just become inured to it were just expected to be appropriate warrant release no you don't love this is a little bit. doesn't get on the nightly dunes there are american columns coming back but ellen's it seems that there's an expectation that we should just keep this up forever are you as outraged as you were back then are you still outraged over u.s. policy. but it's probably in europe or dealt you know reached its or sustain a kind of coverage where it seems like nothing happens change for the better colleges . what is the culture so far not much. and i have and i want to appreciate you for bringing us your thoughts here that you made a movie that still feels very very relevant today that was william roth producer and director of the true story of our less ali. so i hear our t.v. but the governm
is involved in afghanistan for example or drone strike which strikes in pakistan for example those don't go as criticize there is as much popular outrage over that do you think that that allows these us wars to be progressed more with less of a response at home. in some way so it was you would just become inured to it were just expected to be appropriate warrant release no you don't love this is a little bit. doesn't get on the nightly dunes there are american columns coming back but ellen's it...
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you use pakistan as an examming, good example. some people -- example. some people are saying what good did it do us? some are quibbling over whether we should provide foreign aid to israel, to our allies there. the money does help democratic principles in a country allowing freedoms. one of the reasons we love israel is the freedom they allow their people. >> greta: i guess i go back to pakistan. we give them billion dollars we didn't know where goes what is the all turn i have to say no and walk away? >> -- what is the alternative, to say no and walk away? >> we can't just be satisfied, without knowing where billions -- >> greta: how do we do that? >> that is what secretary clinton is for. they better be doing their job. we don't have the money to provide foreign countries in this day and age when we are going broke. >> greta: united states, the inner cities rates sky rocketing, 25%, especially in the young african-american teenaged, 18 to 25 age group what should we be doing about that? >> private sector needs to be allowed to create jobs. the private
you use pakistan as an examming, good example. some people -- example. some people are saying what good did it do us? some are quibbling over whether we should provide foreign aid to israel, to our allies there. the money does help democratic principles in a country allowing freedoms. one of the reasons we love israel is the freedom they allow their people. >> greta: i guess i go back to pakistan. we give them billion dollars we didn't know where goes what is the all turn i have to say no...
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islamic jihad and other movements, why over th years have we flooded iran, kuwait, iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, saudi arabia, and with our arms? guest: thank you for your question. the u.k., the united states, western democracies have always had a challengen their foreign policy, trying to balance their intere with a value system that we hold dear. it is a very complicated balance that you have to deal with. it is in our interest to advance human rights because that is who we are in part of our value system. it is our interest to ensure that there are stable governments in an unstable world. the criticism that you point out suggests that you can have one or the other. i think you need to balance the value system you have is a democracy and western values syem with the interests you ha that our geopolitical, economic, and military. sometimes there appears to be an imbalance. we take a look at our policy in the middle east of the last couple of years and we have provided arms in that area and we probably have not pushed as hard as we could have on the human rights agenda. you cannot anticipate f
islamic jihad and other movements, why over th years have we flooded iran, kuwait, iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, saudi arabia, and with our arms? guest: thank you for your question. the u.k., the united states, western democracies have always had a challengen their foreign policy, trying to balance their intere with a value system that we hold dear. it is a very complicated balance that you have to deal with. it is in our interest to advance human rights because that is who we are in part of our...
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-- afghanistan-pakistan region. there is no question as to why we went to pakistan -- as to why we went to afghanistan. at that time, the taliban controlled the country. the initial training of the attackers took place in afghanistan. we went there because of those attacks. if you narrow it to afghanistan, our objective was to ensure afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for al qaeda or other transnational extremists. the region has some other groups to certainly have aspirations in that regard. beyond that, i think it is important to recall that we had a total of about 10 hours of hearings on capitol hill. we also met with the top four as well. one of the themes i sought to stress once that it was only recently that we got the end this right in afghanistan. secretary gates says there are three phases to afghanistan. we got the early phase right. over time, we took our eye of the ball and focused on other issues -- it was a darn dog petraeus in iraq but when it all the resources. then we came back to af
-- afghanistan-pakistan region. there is no question as to why we went to pakistan -- as to why we went to afghanistan. at that time, the taliban controlled the country. the initial training of the attackers took place in afghanistan. we went there because of those attacks. if you narrow it to afghanistan, our objective was to ensure afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for al qaeda or other transnational extremists. the region has some other groups to certainly have aspirations...
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in pakistan. without there being any american commitment actually to be there to protect us against that retaliation if that occurred. those are pieces of history. so many times those of you have had me. >> know this is my little clicÉe but i'm going to repeat it anyway because sometimes clichÉs are good and that is americans do a lot of things very well. america is a great nation which has contributed immensely to human progress, the idea of liberty and the idea freedom and the idea of democracy modern capitalism and globalization and everything and then of course more than any other nation in at least a 200 years. there is one thing americans don't do. two things americans don't do well. one is history. the american attitude to history is you know joe, he is history. [laughter] bar or all history is bunk. that is the attitude. there was a young man who introduced himself as a history of -- and i said when i was teaching this country they rob him was finding enough kids who wanted a history maj
in pakistan. without there being any american commitment actually to be there to protect us against that retaliation if that occurred. those are pieces of history. so many times those of you have had me. >> know this is my little clicÉe but i'm going to repeat it anyway because sometimes clichÉs are good and that is americans do a lot of things very well. america is a great nation which has contributed immensely to human progress, the idea of liberty and the idea freedom and the idea of...
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what is scary is it's happening in pakistan among the elite. a country that is a linchpin and it tells us how much it's out of our happened and war within islam. >> bret: we have seen the attacks on the drones in pakistan and american touts that. do you believe there is a full-scale plan to deal inside pakistan with u.s. troops on the ground. special ops. >> they have the ability to go after terror sanctuary near the border. they're getting them across the border through intelligence, but that's one possibly. the real question is the nuclear weapon. they say the army at the end of the day will hold together. some people say we have a close relationship, too close ramp with the pakistani military but that's a thin read to depend on. >> bret: that's it for the panel. stay tuned for presidential comparison from a long time ago in a place far, far away. >> bret: finally tonight, after the lame duck session of congress, some reporters and political pundits called president obama another come back kid. but other shows chose another characterization.
what is scary is it's happening in pakistan among the elite. a country that is a linchpin and it tells us how much it's out of our happened and war within islam. >> bret: we have seen the attacks on the drones in pakistan and american touts that. do you believe there is a full-scale plan to deal inside pakistan with u.s. troops on the ground. special ops. >> they have the ability to go after terror sanctuary near the border. they're getting them across the border through...
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we do a lot of work with pakistan. we do our best to shake the nation as it lurches into modernization. i think we should stay engaged. >> in the "washington post" -- guest: there's some tough times in civil-military relations in pakistan. and ambassador hast to maintain the confidence of his government at home and do his job. hopefully, u.s.-pakistani relations will continue on a course and there will be some reconciliation in pakistan will see strong, civilian rule there. that is what we should have in pakistan. host: in the paper is this headline -- we have a tweet. guest: the administration has called for him to step aside as well, if i recall correctly. i think his days are numbered. it may be three days, three weeks, nine months. he has shown by his conduct that he does not really respect his own people. leaders in the region are now calling for him to resign. his days are numbered. host: kentucky, good morning. caller: good morning. the first thing i would like to do as a disabled american veterans is thank you
we do a lot of work with pakistan. we do our best to shake the nation as it lurches into modernization. i think we should stay engaged. >> in the "washington post" -- guest: there's some tough times in civil-military relations in pakistan. and ambassador hast to maintain the confidence of his government at home and do his job. hopefully, u.s.-pakistani relations will continue on a course and there will be some reconciliation in pakistan will see strong, civilian rule there. that...
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pakistan is a difficult one. we're allies, but it's contentious. it -- no other place is it more important for voice of america and for our sister stations to try to reach an audience in pakistan. we're doing it by finding affiliates and finding pakistani radio and television stations that are willing to have a broadcast with us or put something on the air we've produced. there's a program called "the platform" that we co-produce with a pakistani company which has people on the air, it's kind of a bridge program, if you will, where there's somebody in the studio in washington and another in pakistan, and they date about the issues, and there's plenty of issues between the united states and pakistan even though we are allies. i think that programming is absolutely crucial, and i hope it's something we can increase as i'm director. >> guest: a couple years ago, the accountability office issued a report about the broadcasting governors board in general and complained having spent $10 billion since 9/11, negative vie
pakistan is a difficult one. we're allies, but it's contentious. it -- no other place is it more important for voice of america and for our sister stations to try to reach an audience in pakistan. we're doing it by finding affiliates and finding pakistani radio and television stations that are willing to have a broadcast with us or put something on the air we've produced. there's a program called "the platform" that we co-produce with a pakistani company which has people on the air,...
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is, but on the afghan side at the border and on the pakistan site on the border? >> i meant to say complementary operations. there are significant operations going on in pakistan and the money and leisure areas up in the north. -- indeed -- in the mohmond and bajuer areas. we have complementary operations going on to squeeze them and take advantage of those operations. >> of the pakistan me -- if the pakistanis do not move decisively into north waziristan, taking on haqqani and other militants in that effort, how much of a setback to your efforts on the afghan side of the border will that be in the springtime? how important is it for the pakistanis not just to continue into bajaur where they are, but the move into north was there a stand? >> all that has a positive impact. it also leads to the durability of what we have to build on the afghan side of the border. we're working to continue the operation, especially those that threaten the pakistan state. together we think that will move in the right direction. >> can you win without them? if they did not do anything
is, but on the afghan side at the border and on the pakistan site on the border? >> i meant to say complementary operations. there are significant operations going on in pakistan and the money and leisure areas up in the north. -- indeed -- in the mohmond and bajuer areas. we have complementary operations going on to squeeze them and take advantage of those operations. >> of the pakistan me -- if the pakistanis do not move decisively into north waziristan, taking on haqqani and...
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therefore, i regard can we trust pakistan cannot trust pakistan, i don't know what to do with it. because i see our country as having decisions, and i think this is not a realist or an idealist position. this is simply the way we have played the cards that have led us here. can we do this and get pakistan to stop undermining india and get india to start undermining pakistan? that, we don't know how to do. and one of the problems is when you meet your foreign policy that ambitious, that i don't simply want to get out -- >> host: the failure are much, much higher -- >> guest: and you leave yourself in afghanistan. then for the moment having those on hundred 50,000 troops out, i'm not particularly interested in the national interest of the united states, what kind of government there is in kabul, and i want to see the united states more balanced and able to respond to the russian invasion of georgia and the things of that sort, so i want to balance the foreign policy. afghanistan creates an unbalanced foreign policy and my question is how to rebalance it and there is an ugly price to
therefore, i regard can we trust pakistan cannot trust pakistan, i don't know what to do with it. because i see our country as having decisions, and i think this is not a realist or an idealist position. this is simply the way we have played the cards that have led us here. can we do this and get pakistan to stop undermining india and get india to start undermining pakistan? that, we don't know how to do. and one of the problems is when you meet your foreign policy that ambitious, that i don't...
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private spying operation that was tapped by the military to gather intelligence in afghanistan and pakistan because apparently they weren't really thrilled with what the cia was giving them and that spying operation was led by doing claridge and his eclipse group now dewey is a former cia agent who was forced to resign more than two decades ago because of his role in the iran contra scandal last may the u.s. military cut off claridge's funding for the private spying operation but get this reports are now saying that they knew to private donors the operation is still alive and well they're seeking to discredit homemade karzai and his half brother who's allegedly on the cia payroll they're taking it as far as hoping to collect beard trimmings of d. or other d.n.a. samples from hamid karzai to prove that the afghan president is a heroin addict and claridge apparently believes that karzai is will ultimately sell out the u.s. to the iranians to the pakistanis so his private spy ring wants to interfere now they also when the military won't listen past their dispatches on to certain media figures
private spying operation that was tapped by the military to gather intelligence in afghanistan and pakistan because apparently they weren't really thrilled with what the cia was giving them and that spying operation was led by doing claridge and his eclipse group now dewey is a former cia agent who was forced to resign more than two decades ago because of his role in the iran contra scandal last may the u.s. military cut off claridge's funding for the private spying operation but get this...
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is involved in in afghanistan for example or drone strikes in pakistan for example those don't go as criticize there is as much popular outrage over that do you think that that allows these u.s. wars to be progressing more with less of a response at home. in some way so is the american public has become inured we're just expected to be an improvement warrant release no you know as long as it's a little bit. doesn't get on the nightly news you know there are career can call it's coming back by the thousands it seems that there's an expectation that we should just keep this up forever are you as outraged as you were back then are you still outraged over u.s. policy. or that it's probably. you know raised it's hard to sustain that kind of it seems like if you compensate for the better coverage of this. which of course so far not much larry have and i want to appreciate you for bringing us your thoughts years after you made a movie that still feels very very relevant today that was william ross producer and director of the true story of our less ali. still ahead here on our t.v. what the
is involved in in afghanistan for example or drone strikes in pakistan for example those don't go as criticize there is as much popular outrage over that do you think that that allows these u.s. wars to be progressing more with less of a response at home. in some way so is the american public has become inured we're just expected to be an improvement warrant release no you know as long as it's a little bit. doesn't get on the nightly news you know there are career can call it's coming back by...
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when you say pakistan and when you say pakistan harbors terrorists, please, i am pakistan also. me and people like us are pakistan also. we do not believe that we can be at war with the world and at peace with ourselves. we do not believe that we can be happy here while making people unhappy in the rest of the world. we are the pakistan that you should be engaged in. we are the people you should be looking at also. and i agree that you have your problems with our national security establishment. we'll find a way forward because this national security establishment has been a long time in the making, fareed, and it has been made during the cold war and it has done america's bidding also, and it has been so disadvantaged to us, the people of pakistan. don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. don't confuse us with what you think is pakistan. we are pakistan. >> a note to end on. thank you so much, richard haass, husain haqqani. we will be right back. >>> our question this week from the gps challenge is, according to un estimates, the world population will be what by the end of
when you say pakistan and when you say pakistan harbors terrorists, please, i am pakistan also. me and people like us are pakistan also. we do not believe that we can be at war with the world and at peace with ourselves. we do not believe that we can be happy here while making people unhappy in the rest of the world. we are the pakistan that you should be engaged in. we are the people you should be looking at also. and i agree that you have your problems with our national security...
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can we do this and get pakistan to stop underminding india and india to stop underminding pakistan. that, we don't know how to do. when you make your foreign policy that ambitious -- >> host: the consequences of failure are higher. >> guest: and you leave yourself in afghanistan, and for the moment, i'm more interested in having the 150,000 troops out. i'm not particularly interested, i don't think it's in the national interest of the united states government of what's in kabul, and i want to see that the united states will rebalance and be better able to respond to russian invasions of georgia. if they create an unbalanced foreign policy, how do you read -- reap from that? >> guest: one thing -- >> host: one thing we have to talk about is china. when you have a relationship with india and pakistan, the big piece of that that we vice president talked about at all is china. you are of the view that some of the current almost hysteria about the rise of china and what it means in the long term consequencings has been wildly overstated in the u.s.. tell me why you think that. >> guest:
can we do this and get pakistan to stop underminding india and india to stop underminding pakistan. that, we don't know how to do. when you make your foreign policy that ambitious -- >> host: the consequences of failure are higher. >> guest: and you leave yourself in afghanistan, and for the moment, i'm more interested in having the 150,000 troops out. i'm not particularly interested, i don't think it's in the national interest of the united states government of what's in kabul, and...
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according to the "times" the discovery was that bin laden used the group as a network inside pakistan. it raises questions about whether the military organization supported him on behalf of pakistan's spy agency. but officials tell "the times "there was no smoking gun showing that the agency had protected bin laden. >>> it is a race against time for the community of minotte, north dakota. calls for new evacuations has thousands fleeing to higher ground as a giant surge of water heads their way. reporting from minot, is kevin tibbles. >> reporter: national guard troops racing against the clock and the relentless surge of the souris river. already many homes have succumbed, and predictions of even higher levels, nine feet higher when water is released from nearby dams. >> there is a pending sense of doom out there, and the outlook isn't good. >> reporter: with some 12,000 minot residents now uprooted, many cram into red cross shelters. >> last time it was let's pray that the levees hold. this time it's -- it doesn't matter if they hold. they're going to go over. it's going to go over it
according to the "times" the discovery was that bin laden used the group as a network inside pakistan. it raises questions about whether the military organization supported him on behalf of pakistan's spy agency. but officials tell "the times "there was no smoking gun showing that the agency had protected bin laden. >>> it is a race against time for the community of minotte, north dakota. calls for new evacuations has thousands fleeing to higher ground as a giant...
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that said, pakistan claims its soldiers did not fire first. while the afghan government reports that nato and afghan troops were the ones taking fire. regardless, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the general martin dempsey, says this is a very sticky situation. >> it's had its rocky moments in the past. this one certainly is more serious than any i've been involved with and i've been working issues with pakistan for the last ten years. >> shep: the pakinstani government has already retaliated, refusing to allow nato supply trucks to travel from pakistan into afghanistan and to our troops. this is serious because nato reports it gets one third, at least a third of its supplies through those very convoys. our conner powell is live in kabul, afghanistan with the latest. hello, conner. >> shepherd, pakistan also announced today that they are boycotting an upcoming international conference to discuss the future of afghanistan as a result of this attack. now, while the diplomatic fallout continues, the entire investigation also continues a
that said, pakistan claims its soldiers did not fire first. while the afghan government reports that nato and afghan troops were the ones taking fire. regardless, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the general martin dempsey, says this is a very sticky situation. >> it's had its rocky moments in the past. this one certainly is more serious than any i've been involved with and i've been working issues with pakistan for the last ten years. >> shep: the pakinstani government...
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ambassador, john bolton about pakistan and al qaeda. peter, thank you, jamie. >> jamie: a bold assessment on the war on terror from defense secretary leon.naet, the pentagon chief saying the u.s. is within reach of defeating al qaeda and making the comments on the first trip to afghanistan since taking the post. david piper is streaming live from kabul with more. david? >> reporter: hi, jamie. yes, america's new defense secretary already traveling around the country, finding out what the situation is on the ground here. today, he has been in southern afghanistan, where the majority of the fighting has been taking place in recent years. and, where the majorities of u.s. forces are currently based. this is of course panetta's first overseas trips since being appointed to his new role an afghanistan is a key responsibility for him. the defense secretary has been, though, very up beat about prospects of defeating al qaeda. >> now is the moment, following what happened with bin laden, to put maximum pressure on them. because i do believe tha
ambassador, john bolton about pakistan and al qaeda. peter, thank you, jamie. >> jamie: a bold assessment on the war on terror from defense secretary leon.naet, the pentagon chief saying the u.s. is within reach of defeating al qaeda and making the comments on the first trip to afghanistan since taking the post. david piper is streaming live from kabul with more. david? >> reporter: hi, jamie. yes, america's new defense secretary already traveling around the country, finding out...
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when pakistan was funding the taliban. admiral mike mullen defended the counterpart. >> he is not just a peer of mine but a friend. >> a in fox news poll said 77% thought killing bin laden was better than capturing him. 15% think he's still alive and postagree with the president's decision not to release photos of bin laden's dead body. seven in ten say they would rather not see the photos. more men than women want to see them. pentagon officials expressed anger at the amount of information released about the operation. >> it's time to stop talking. we have talked too much about this. we need to move on. >> secretary gates went further reiterating that in the initial hours at the white house, the national security team agreed to not talk about the operation. gates said that agreement was broken less than 15 hour later. and jeopardizing future operations. chris? >> chris: jennifer griffin reporting from the pentagon. thanks. more on this with the panel. the latest fox news poll suggests president obama got an 8-point bounce
when pakistan was funding the taliban. admiral mike mullen defended the counterpart. >> he is not just a peer of mine but a friend. >> a in fox news poll said 77% thought killing bin laden was better than capturing him. 15% think he's still alive and postagree with the president's decision not to release photos of bin laden's dead body. seven in ten say they would rather not see the photos. more men than women want to see them. pentagon officials expressed anger at the amount of...
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there their own pakistan -- from their own pakistan territory. it is simply unacceptable for the united states to spend its blood and treasure so that afghanistan does not once again become a breeding ground for militant extremists while pakistan at the same time protects terrorists who cross the border to attack us. pakistan cannot evade its responsibility for its role in allowing and supporting these attacks. at the least pakistan needs to condemn the attacks of the haqqanis in afghanistan, and pakistani officials need to end their denials of the plain truth. lieutenant general pasha, the head of the isi, called admiral mullen's testimony baseless. he denied that the haqqani network was even in pakistan, and he claimed that pakistan had not provided the haqqanis, quote, a penny or provided even a single bullet. president zardari wrote movingly in a recent op-ed about the losses that pakistans has suffered from extremist groups. bent on terrorizing the pakistani people. but he failed to mention, much less condemn, the attacks that haqqani and ta
there their own pakistan -- from their own pakistan territory. it is simply unacceptable for the united states to spend its blood and treasure so that afghanistan does not once again become a breeding ground for militant extremists while pakistan at the same time protects terrorists who cross the border to attack us. pakistan cannot evade its responsibility for its role in allowing and supporting these attacks. at the least pakistan needs to condemn the attacks of the haqqanis in afghanistan,...
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there is a route that comes through these areas, coming from pakistan into afghanistan. most of them are used for commerce. and this goes farther into the larger cities. but they also use this to bring in a equipment to tackle the coalition forces. this is the biggest city in the area, with the most local populace. this is a center for trade and commerce in the area. and these provinces where nato has not had much of a presence until quite recently, these are the border provinces that only began getting a large number of troops in the past year. the population is not very friendly to the coalition. so the population will harbor fighters for the taliban, and they will hold weapons for them and are aware of taliban movements. the approach for this province is to target, in a sense, the civilian populations. not with violence, but when they need intelligence -- you have to visit houses. you have to march out to where they are concentrated, to start knocking on doors, demanding to be let in. they will break the door down. but you knock on the door, trying to be as friendly a
there is a route that comes through these areas, coming from pakistan into afghanistan. most of them are used for commerce. and this goes farther into the larger cities. but they also use this to bring in a equipment to tackle the coalition forces. this is the biggest city in the area, with the most local populace. this is a center for trade and commerce in the area. and these provinces where nato has not had much of a presence until quite recently, these are the border provinces that only...
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secure our interests in pakistan? >> governor huntsman? >> let me just say that, as we talk about foreign policy, let's be reminded that in order to have an effective foreign policy, we need a washington that works. today we have a president who can't lead. we have a congress that can't even figure out how to balance our budget. they need term limits, by the way. we've got to get our house in order -- thank you. we've got to get our house in order if we're going to expect to get anything done overseas because when our light shines, we can influence the rest of the world. pakistan is a concern. that's the country that ought to keep everyone up at night. you have zardari in charge and the general over the military that is also responsible for isi. you have the youngest demographic of 160 million people in pakistan, you have a movement, you've got over 100 nuclear weapons, you've got trouble on the border. you've got a nation state that is a candidate for failure. and i say it's a haven for bad behavior. it's a haven for
secure our interests in pakistan? >> governor huntsman? >> let me just say that, as we talk about foreign policy, let's be reminded that in order to have an effective foreign policy, we need a washington that works. today we have a president who can't lead. we have a congress that can't even figure out how to balance our budget. they need term limits, by the way. we've got to get our house in order -- thank you. we've got to get our house in order if we're going to expect to get...